Pixley ka-Isaka Seme's idea of creating a national organisation to fight for the rights of the African people of South Africa came to fruition when the African National Congress, under the name South African Native's National Congress, was founded on 8

WASHINGTON - In honor of Nelson Mandela's 93rd birthday on Monday, President Barack Obama is calling the South African leader "a beacon for the global community, and for all who work for democracy, justice and reconciliation."

In honor of Nelson Mandela's 93rd birthday on Monday, President Barack Obama is calling the South African leader "a beacon for the global community, and for all who work for democracy, justice and reconciliation."

The Mandela story is very much about the man, but it is so much more about the struggle of the people and how Mandela was "just" the catalysta very powerful catalyst of course in changing the obvious heinous nature of the then so called South African government.

What I will call "grade A" cooperation is what Hans Blix has called the South African model, where you don't just have access and all the process allowed by the inspectors; you have guidance to where the materials and the documents are, the presentation of where they are and the offering up for destruction of what the Iraqis have.

It was unclear, however, what their optimism was based on as disagreements over what to call South African port and sherry have long frustrated negotiators who took years to cobble together a daft overall deal.